diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 554d602..0548697 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ shim (0.9+1465500757.14a5905-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * debian/patches/unused-variable: remove unused variable size.
   * debian/patches/binutils-version-matching: revert d9a4c912 to correctly
     match objcopy's version on Ubuntu.
+  * debian/copyright: update copyright for patches.
 
  -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <cyphermox@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:02:21 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index d9f1275..b25a56d 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@ Upstream-Name: shim
 Upstream-Contact: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
 Source: https://github.com/mjg59/shim.git
 
+Files: debian/patches/*
+Copyright: 2016 Canonical Ltd.
+License: GPL-2
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; version 2.
+ .
+ This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
+ Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
+
 Files: *
 Copyright: 2012 Red Hat, Inc
 	2009-2012 Intel Corporation